Assessing the effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors in the Potomac Estuary: Implications for long-term monitoring

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 237-251

  Walker, Henry A ^a,b   Latimer, James S ^a,b   Dettmann, Edward H ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; NATURAL CLIMATIC FACTOR; POTOMAC ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ESTUARY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034237340     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006412423047     Document Type: Article

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